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Extra Virgin olive oil contains peroxide!

Posted by John Rusnak in Olive Oil, Oct 14 2008

In ancient times people used olive oil in many different ways. It was used as fuel in lamps, as a skin balm and of course as a food ingredient.  An explanation for its widespread use as a skin balm was probably unknown to them. The fact that peroxide, a naturally occurring component in olive oil, might have been one of the reasons for olive oil’s wide-spread use as a soothing skin balm might have accounted for its popularity as a healing agent.  After all, peroxide is still widely used as a topical solution for cuts and scrapes.